27 Draper St

01What’s planned near 27 Draper St

17 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): 15 in progress and two decided recently. Some cover several addresses; each proposal is listed once. That's more than at almost all Toronto addresses.

In progress

1. 1
   439 homes

   489 King St W and 10 more addresses · 8 m away

   Condominium: a request to divide a building into condominium units

   439 homes

   City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 439 units.

   All 11 addresses

   489 King St W · 495 King St W · 499 King St W · 511 King St W · 519 King St W · 521 King St W · 523 King St W · 527 King St W · 529 King St W · 533 King St W · 539 King St W

   File 25 159447 STE 10 CD · submitted May 14, 2025 · City record and how to comment
2. 2
   Minor variance

   485 Wellington St W · 49 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks

   The Committee of Adjustment refused it on Oct 7, 2026. It has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB), which will make the final decision.

   To alter the development standards for the mixed-use building (stepping up to 14-storeys (45 m), as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-law 1247-2022 (OLT), by increasing the building height, the number of storeys (stepping up to…

   File A0506/25TEY · submitted Jul 3, 2025 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre
3. 3
   95 homes

   540 King St W and 4 more addresses · 69 m away

   Condominium: a request to divide a building into condominium units

   95 homes

   City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 95 residential units.

   All 5 addresses

   540 King St W · 544 King St W · 1 Morrison St · 7 Morrison St · 9 Morrison St

   File 21 233477 STE 10 CD · submitted Nov 3, 2021 · City record and how to comment

Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses is listed once. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 27 Draper St

3 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Niagara St, Portland St ( to ) | To: Bathurst St, Q1 to Q4 2027.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · New Service (Water and Sewer Connection) at 530 Front St W · 111 m · Jun 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026

Source: City of Toronto Road Reconstruction, Road Resurfacing and Sidewalk Construction programs (planned work within 500 m), and Utility Cut Permits. Dates are the City’s plan and can move. “Carried over” means the work was due earlier and is still listed.

03Safety near 27 Draper St

Police recorded 321 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at 98% of Toronto addresses. The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 3, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Wellington Place

Traffic safety

15 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 9 involved pedestrians, 6 involved cyclists and 1 was fatal. Most were on Spadina Ave and Front St W. Wellington Place ranks 22nd in Toronto for these collisions per resident.

• Front St W at Portland St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Aug 2, 2026 · 356 m
• King St W at Bathrust St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Jul 31, 2025 · 268 m
• 11 Brunel Crt at Fort York Blvd · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jul 27, 2025 · 481 m
• King St W at Spadina Ave · Cyclist, seriously injured · Feb 12, 2025 · 420 m

Source: Toronto Police Service, collisions in which someone was killed or seriously injured (since 2021, within 500 m); City of Toronto School Safety Zones and Traffic Calming Database.

Other crimes near this address

Toronto Police Service: Shootings and Firearm Discharges, Bicycle Thefts and Theft From Motor Vehicle, June 2025 to June 2026. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection.

04Getting around from 27 Draper St

The nearest subway station is St Andrew Station (Line 1), about a 19‑minute walk (1.2 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 10 TTC stops served by the 504, 503, 510 and 511 streetcars, with about 3,308 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 1.4 km away, with 354 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 11, 2026). Walking times are estimates. Bike Share Toronto station data; City of Toronto Cycling Network and Permit Parking Areas.

How reliable are your routes?

TTC Bus and Streetcar Delay Data, September 2025 to September 2026: incidents the TTC logged as delaying service. Per 1,000 trips uses each route’s weekday schedule, so busy routes aren’t penalized for running more vehicles. A typical route: 4.0.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 10 Portland St
  City-run (Green P): 4 Level 2 ports. Next: 10 Soho St, 866 m.510 m
• Indoor bike station: Union Station
  Secure parking for 160 bikes.1.3 km

City of Toronto: City-operated EV charging stations (private chargers aren’t included); indoor bike stations, shown within 1.5 km.

05Schools and child care near 27 Draper St

The closest public and Catholic schools. They may not be the ones assigned to this address; check with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) or Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB).

The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): five licensed child care centres and no EarlyON centres.

Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, and ChildCareSafe (Toronto Public Health inspections).

06Parks, trees and libraries near 27 Draper St

There are 7 parks, 2 playgrounds and 1 community centre within 500 m. The nearest pool is Stanley Park South-Toronto, 899 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Draper Park · 19 Draper St · 24 m
• Victoria Memorial Square Park · playground · 10 Niagara St · 196 m
• Northern Linear Park · 180 Queens Wharf Rd · 294 m
• Clarence Square Park · dog off-leash area · 25 Clarence Sq · 374 m
• Adelaide Place Parkette · 20 Adelaide Pl · 415 m

Pools, courts and more

Also nearby

Source: City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Facilities, Registered Programs and Drop-In Programs, Tennis Courts, Outdoor and Indoor Ice Rinks, Washroom Facilities, Off-Leash Areas, Street Tree Data; Toronto Public Health SwimSafe and Beach Water Quality; Toronto Public Library branches.

Park space

Park projects nearby

• Victoria Memorial Square Park Improvements
  The City is improving Victoria Memorial Square Park. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 194 m
• Lower Garrison Creek Park
  A new park is coming to Spadina-Fort York as part of a subdivision development at CityPlace.In progress · 333 m
• Canoe Landing Park Off-Leash Area Improvements
  The City is improving the off-leash area in Canoe Landing Park.In progress · 370 m
• New Park at 105 Spadina Avenue
  A new 1,000 m2 park is coming to 105 Spadina Ave., at the southeast corner of Spadina Avenue and Adelaide Street.In progress · 495 m
• New Park at 464-470 Queen Street West
  A new park is coming to 464-470 Queen St. W., at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta Avenue in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood.In progress · 640 m

City of Toronto: Green Spaces (parks, natural areas and conservation land; hydro corridors, golf courses, cemeteries and road verges aren’t counted); Park and Recreation Facility Projects within 1.5 km.

07The building at 27 Draper St

There are no building permits, building orders, by-law investigations or short-term rental registration on record for 27 Draper St. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 28 with a green roof.

City of Toronto Building Permits: Green Roofs, and Solar Hot Water Heaters.

08What can be built at 27 Draper St

R (Residential) zoning allows houses, townhouses and some low-rise apartment buildings, depending on the lot. The numbers below are the main limits; the full rules depend on the lot.

Special areas

Source: City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 (zone, height and lot coverage overlays), Heritage Conservation Districts, Major Transit Station Areas, Secondary Plans and Archaeological Potential. This is a summary, not a zoning review. Read the by-law and see the City’s map.

09Around the block

Source: Affordable Housing Pipeline, Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications, Short Term Rentals Registration, Multi-Tenant (Rooming) House Licences, Business Licences and Permits (storefront types; owners’ personal names are never shown), POPS, and Daily Shelter Occupancy (Nov 8, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Traffic on your street

City of Toronto Transportation Services: speed, volume and classification counts since 2016.

Parking tickets on this block

387 tickets in 2025 on Draper St between numbers 0 and 77: 362 for parking without a permit, 20 for parking at prohibited times.

City of Toronto Parking Tickets, 2025. Placed by the street address the officer recorded.

Main street business area

Toronto Downtown West BIA, which includes this address. Business Improvement Areas are local business associations that run street events and improvements.

City of Toronto Business Improvement Areas, within 400 m.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 5,226 service requests came from postal area M5V, which includes 27 Draper St. The most common:

City of Toronto 311 Service Requests, October 2025 to October 2026. 311 publishes only the first three characters of the postal code, so this covers the wider postal area. Counts reflect how often people call as well as how often problems happen.

10Risks and environment at 27 Draper St

TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.

11The neighbourhood: Wellington Place

Wellington Place had 25,570 residents in 2021. The median household income was $90,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 62% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 48% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 21% of workers commuted by transit and 43% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (6.8%), Cantonese (3.3%) and Spanish (2.9%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $2,457 a month in October 2025, up 6% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 3.2%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation). CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.